I have recently updated to a Montana 650 & have Basecamp. I am still trying to figure out how to get maps made for Mapsource into Basecamp.
I have searched, read everything I can find but no luck with most Garmin maps.
Anybody have a link to how this is done?
Thanks

Basecamp reads IMGs and all the maps installed in Mapsource.
To see an .img in Basecamp:
Copy your .img in a Garmin folder in an sd and plug your sd in your pc, open Basecamp and select the map in your sd library ,right click and click show map.
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Thanks 'catymag' I managed to get that to work. But it doesn't get the maps into Basecamp (the map (OZ & NZ Topo) ) so I can use it on the PC...i have to remove the microSD from the Montana every time I want to use it in Basecamp. I have Canada Topo installed into Basecamp, but I think it was an installer that did it.

You may be misunderstanding what BaseCamp can do with images. It can only 'see' *.img files loaded directly onto a Garmin device or on a microSD/SD card inserted in it or one attached directly to your computer, or on a 'virtual SD card' on your computer. You can load so-called 'MapSource' (.gmap folder) files to work with in BaseCamp and send a map img to devices and [micro]SD's using Mapinstall, and that is probably how your Canada Topo was installed [although most Topos are now purchased as downloaded img files or on ready-made microSDs]. Read up on the stuff Caty suggested and if you don't understand something, just have a good play around with the files and program 'hands on' and read BC Help before posting again for specific help.

Last edited by Neil; 17th March 2012 at 13:55.
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